By Dr. Lauro Rizzatti, Verification ConsultantWhen software developers hear the word emulation, they often think software emulators and not hardware emulation. That is changing. The versatile hardware emulator is gaining a more widespread reputation for being able to ensure that the embedded system software works correctly with the underlying ...

By Johanna Wilde, Chalmers UniversityScarce metals, including tin, silver, tungsten, and indium, are complicated to extract, difficult to recycle and considered to be rare. So rare, in fact, that several of them have become "conflict minerals," which can promote conflicts and oppression, especially in the lesser-developed ...

By Ed SullivanEven before Amtrak began the renovation of the National Guard Building, which would become its new 82,000 ft2 (7,380m2) headquarters in Washington D.C., the national railroad was determined to create a state-of-the-art facility. Its goal was to create one of the most sophisticated ...

By Jeff ElliottBy now, most manufacturers have heard of the promise of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). In this bold new future of manufacturing, newly installed sensors will collect previously unavailable data on equipment, parts, inventory, and even personnel that will then be shared with existing systems ...

By Michael Szuch, Senior Applications Engineer, Nordson ASYMTEKConformal coatings protect sensitive electronic circuitry from moisture, dust, chemicals, solvents, and other harsh environments. In the past, conformal coatings were reserved solely for expensive military or aerospace applications. Today, they are commonly used to protect a variety ...

By Marty Winston, Editor, Newstips BulletinAt the heart of the ideal "smart home" is a miniature, single-board computer named Raspberry Pi. A British invention introduced in 2012, the low-cost computer has undergone several model changes and is available anywhere in the world at prices from about $35 to $90, along with startup ...

By Larry HardestyUltrashort bursts of electrons have several important applications in scientific and industrial imaging, but producing them has typically required a costly, power-hungry apparatus about the size of an automobile.

By Robbie Galoso and Tom Hackenberg, IHS MarkitGiven the medical imaging industry's growing requirements for power savings, higher resolution and the need to support integrated security and communications, the unit volume of semiconductors used in medical imaging is expected to increase at a five-year compound annual growth rate ...

Cambridge, MA — Lithium-air batteries are considered highly promising technologies for electric cars and portable electronic devices because of their potential for delivering a high energy output in proportion to their weight. But such batteries have some pretty serious drawbacks: They waste much ...

By Mickael Viot, Vice President of Marketing, DecawavePixie Points are Bluetooth tags that can be attached to keychains, wallets and other other easy-to-lose items in order to keep track of them remotely. Launched by Pixie in 2015, their small, friendly design has allowed them to quickly find a niche in the market. In order to create these ...

By Michael Berger, NanowerkMore than 60 research groups worldwide are now developing variations of the triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG), which converts ambient mechanical energy into electricity for powering wearable electronics, sensor networks, implantable medical devices and other small systems.

By Larry Hardesty, MIT News OfficeIn theory, a program on a 64-core machine would be 64 times as fast as it would be on a single-core machine. But it rarely works out that way. Most computer programs are sequential, and splitting them up so that chunks of them can run in parallel causes all kinds of complications.

By Mike SkinnerIn what appears to be a milestone for the wearable electronics market, researchers at the Ohio State University (OSU) have developed a process of embroidering circuits into clothing with 0.1mm (0.004 in.) precision. This level of accuracy now makes wearable circuitry, clothes that gather ...

By Walter SalmRay Dolby is perhaps best known for his revolutionary audio noise-suppression system — a technology that dramatically lowered the background hissing noise that was an unavoidable part of every tape recording. Then a related noise suppression system was developed for FM broadcast stations and for ...

By Glenn Harris, University of SouthamptonScientists at the University of Southampton have made a major step forward in the development of digital storage, which is capable of surviving for billions of years. Using nanostructured glass, a team of scientists from the university's Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC ...

Quantum dots (QDs), synthesized miniature semiconductor crystals, are teetering on the edge of mass adoption. From a shaky entrance in bioscience in the early 1990s to a growing popularity in consumer electronics and manufacturing, the time may finally be right for the quantum dot.

By Mitch Free, CEO, CloudDDMAdditive manufacturing, commonly referred to as 3D printing, has moved beyond being simply a great technology for rapidly producing prototypes; it has now become a viable manufacturing option. Additive manufacturing is impacting supply chains in the way companies design and bring products to market ...

By Stew Thompson, Marketing Specialist, CAS DataLoggersWhen the time between a PC and Delphin data logger differs by a significant duration, measurement data cannot be displayed in the form of online trend diagrams as it normally can. Therefore it is essential to ensure time synchronization between the data logger and the PC. Here, we look at four ways ...

By Brandon Tansey, Security Research Engineer, Lancope The seemingly endless barrage of attacks on government and enterprise networks has made it clear that organizations need to be much more proactive when it comes to security. Deploying perimeter defenses like firewalls and antivirus, and expecting them to keep attackers off of your network, has become ...